Medical Affairs \u2013 Medical Writing

Location

Bangalore | India

Job description

Purpose: u00A0

Scientific data and information areu00A0core assets of Lilly.u00A0Providing balanced, objective,u00A0and accurate information to regulators, the scientific community, health care professionals, payers,u00A0and patients in a consistent and timely fashion across the entire drug development lifecycle is fundamentalu00A0to Lilly.u00A0

As healthcare providers are deluged with data and are making choices in an increasingly complex and stressed health system, Lilly Medical Affairs is able to provide clear, credible answers that will set Lilly apart from its competitors. Medical Affairsu2019 mission is to make Lilly the preferred pharmaceutical partner in the healthcare community globally by leveraging its medical expertise to drive patient-centric answers and solutions.u202F Medical Affairs (MA) brings deep medical expertise to healthcare providers and payers. MA focuses on answering their questions with customized clinical and real-world evidence that can make the difference on if and how they use Lilly products. Additionally, MA brings clinical insights from customers back to the company to inform new product development and lifecycle planning. MA also supports patients with educational tools to help them manage their illness and with assistance to access our medicines for those facing tough financial situations.u00A0Theu00A0MA content developmentu00A0team will be key inu00A0u00A0u00A0maintaining and creating content to support Medical Affairs activities such as:u00A0

• Slide Updatesu00A0
• Internal Training Slidesu00A0
• Manuscript Slidesu00A0
• Data Slidesu00A0

• Newsletters/ bulletinu00A0
• QR Compendiumu00A0
• Affiliate Regional Slidesu00A0
• HCP & patient education materialu202F
• Advisory board slidesu00A0

• Competitive landscape slidesu00A0
• Image sourcing, image redrawsu00A0
• Lexiconu00A0
• MQAD (Medical Questions Analysis Document)u00A0

Primary Responsibilities:u00A0

This job description is intended to provide a general overview of the job requirements at the time it was prepared.u00A0 The job requirements of any position may change over time and may include additional responsibilities not specifically described in the job description. Consult with your supervision regarding your actual job responsibilities and any related duties that may be required for the position.u00A0

EMS (Executive Medical Summary) u00A0

Content Strategy and Execution:u00A0 Document Preparation, Development and Finalization/Document Managementu00A0 u00A0

• Effectively collect and evaluate data, information, and input from multiple sources, functions, and regions to create a cohesive content strategy for writing projects.u00A0u00A0

• Plan (including organizing/preparing outlines), write (including first-draft authoring), edit, review, coordinate, and complete the regulatory documents supporting clinical development/product registration.u00A0u00A0
• Conduct effective document initiation meeting to ensure authoring team alignment and understanding.u00A0u00A0
• Build scientific-based rationale that support the purpose of more complex and/or strategic documents.u00A0
• Ensure data are presented in a clear, complete, accurate, and concise manner.u00A0u00A0
• Ensure that key data, statements and conclusions are consistent across related documents, and that statements and conclusions are integrated, accurate, balanced and supported by appropriate data.u00A0u00A0

• Coordinate expert/scientific reviews, collate revieweru2019s comments, adjust content of document as required based on internal/external input, and prepare final version.u00A0u00A0
• Ensure and coordinate quality checks for accuracy.u00A0
• Exhibit flexibility in moving across development and preparation of multiple document types.u00A0
• Influence or negotiate change of timelines and content with other teamu00A0members.u00A0
• Work with internal and external experts to develop and prepare presentations.u00A0

• As needed, may build and manage relationships with vendors/alliance partners.u00A0

Project and Stakeholder management u00A0

• Lead the writing process and apply effective project management skills to ensure timely completion ofu00A0high-qualityu00A0regulatory documents.u00A0u00A0
• Build/communicate credible writing project timelines.u00A0

• Anticipate and mitigate risks to deliveryu00A0
• Work with teams and stakeholders to ensure smooth and timely development of documents and escalate issues, as appropriate, to ensure document completion.u00A0u00A0u00A0
• Effectively communicate project status to stakeholdersu00A0

Knowledge and Skills Development u00A0

• Maintain and enhance therapeutic area knowledge including disease state and compound(s) for assigned project(s).u00A0u00A0

• Exhibit flexibility in moving across document types, therapeutic areas, and compounds, depending on project assignment.u00A0u00A0
• Maintain and enhance knowledge of regulatory guidelines and publication guidelines.u00A0u00A0
• Possess overarching view of compound, therapeutic area, and external environment (including competitors) with ability to participate effectively in clinical planning, submission strategy planning, customer regulatory responses, and/or current awareness literature updates and reviews.u00A0
• Maintain and enhance the scientific communications skills to align with the audience needs and with the changes in technology and platforms.u00A0u00A0

u00A0Knowledge Sharing u00A0

• Provide coaching to others by sharing technical information, giving guidance, answering questions.u00A0 u00B7 u00A0
• Recognized for technical expertise in specific document development.u00A0
• Network with others (including other functions and regions) to identify and share best practices.u00A0

• Contribute to process improvements, suggesting opportunities where appropriate.u00A0u00A0
• Provide database and other tool (e.g., document management systems) expertise.u00A0u00A0

Minimum Qualificationu00A0Requirements: u00A0

• Bacheloru2019s degree in a scientific, health, communications, technology health related field.u00A0
• Demonstrated experience in technical/ regulatory scientific writing.u00A0u00A0
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.u00A0
• Successful completion of writing exerciseu00A0(au00A0writing exercise is required as part of the candidate evaluation process)u00A0

Other Information/Additionalu00A0Preferences: u00A0

• Graduate degree with formal research component or in life sciences.u00A0u00A0
• Demonstrated mastery of verbal and written English skills in the medical, scientific or technical writing fields.u00A0

• Clinical pharmacology, therapeutic area, or other medical and scientific specific knowledge and experience specific to hiring area (e.g., neuroscience, oncology, cardiovascular, immunology or endocrine expertise).u00A0u00A0
• Experience writing regulatory, clinical trial documents and/or publicationsu00A0u00A0
• Experienceu00A0writingu00A0deliverables for Medical Affairsu00A0communicationsu00A0(slide decks, patient or HCP materials,u00A0etc)u00A0
• Experience in clinical development, clinical trial process or regulatory activities.u00A0u00A0
• Demonstrated project management and time management skills.u00A0u00A0

• Demonstrated high-level end-user computer skills (e.g., word processing, tables and graphics, spreadsheets, presentation and templates).u00A0

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